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The result was: promoted by
Desertarun (
talk) 14:32, 23 June 2021 (UTC)reply
... that the Nooth apparatus(example pictured), originally invented to produce
carbonated water, was later repurposed for administering
anaesthetic drugs? Sources:
Zuck, 1978: "The two earliest inhalers devised for the administration of ether anaesthesia in the U.K. (Hooper's and Squire's apparatus) both incorporated the bottom part of a Nooth's apparatus... his apparatus was one of the very first to be designed to produce, for medicinal purposes, what may inclusively be called carbonated waters";
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "A modified form of Nooth's apparatus was used in December 1846 to administer the ether in the first-known employment of a general anaesthetic in a surgical operation"
Overall: I've only done a couple DYKs so if you have any comments or concerns about any parts of my review feel free to let me know.
Rizzle13 (
talk) 20:17, 21 June 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from John Mervin Nooth appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 July 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The result was: promoted by
Desertarun (
talk) 14:32, 23 June 2021 (UTC)reply
... that the Nooth apparatus(example pictured), originally invented to produce
carbonated water, was later repurposed for administering
anaesthetic drugs? Sources:
Zuck, 1978: "The two earliest inhalers devised for the administration of ether anaesthesia in the U.K. (Hooper's and Squire's apparatus) both incorporated the bottom part of a Nooth's apparatus... his apparatus was one of the very first to be designed to produce, for medicinal purposes, what may inclusively be called carbonated waters";
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "A modified form of Nooth's apparatus was used in December 1846 to administer the ether in the first-known employment of a general anaesthetic in a surgical operation"
Overall: I've only done a couple DYKs so if you have any comments or concerns about any parts of my review feel free to let me know.
Rizzle13 (
talk) 20:17, 21 June 2021 (UTC)reply